'Swallow Tail Kite' is a semi-evergreen tetraploid introduced in 1998 by Curt Hanson. Curt does his hybridizing at Crintonic Gardens in Gates Mills, Ohio: http://crintonic.com/ .

Swallow Tail Kite is an early to mid-season bloomer. It has earned the following AHS awards: Award of Merit: 2006 and Honorable Mention: 2001. It is pod and pollen fertile with 48 registered children: http://garden.org/plants/parentage/29358/

I bought Swallow Tail Kite last year and it bloomed the first season in the garden. This year it has scapes that are approx. 40" tall and the clump has expanded to 8 fans in one year. I can't remember how many fans I started with, but not 8, probably more like 3 or 4. It is doing very well and has just started blooming in the garden. I am very happy with its vigor. The foliage is very healthy looking.